Project Foundation: Project Plan

Project Foundation: Project Plan

DrMagnus 16 Mar 2018 00:45

Good evening Skippers.

I promised, that by the ides of march, I would produce a project plan.

Without further ado, here is my plan.

The plan is relatively self explanatory.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Otherwise, expect action to start on phase 1, Task 2: Resource Gathering sometime in the near future.

If not, I look forward to doing my best for this project.

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FAQ

Magnus, I have this cool feature that—
Please read the plan. That's not what we're doing right now.

Why are you the project manager?
Because I'm currently managing the project. There'll be the option to select a new project manager if people feel I am not qualified.

I disagree with this plan!
Please explain why, and be detailed in your explanation.

Can I be [ROLE]?
Roles are currently not set in stone, and will be selected during another phase.

Why can't I comment on this document?
Because I'm not putting that link in public. PM me for a commentable link if you would like to comment.

Oh, resource gathering, I can do this really useful thing!
Awesome, when the thread gets posted, please respond there, I don't wanna start the spreadsheet tonight.

This joke FAQ thing is getting old
Take it up with the Order of the Unbroken Darkblades, they forced me to write it.

Re: Project Foundation: Project Plan

MayD 16 Mar 2018 01:11

And here... we... go!

Re: Project Foundation: Project Plan

Jacob Conwell 16 Mar 2018 01:26

Its all part of the plan!

In all seriousness, this looks solid DrMagnus. A+

Re: Project Foundation: Project Plan

RJB_R 16 Mar 2018 01:21

This seems like a good start to me. The right components of the idea at the right time. It almost seems like you've put stuff like this together before :P

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Re: Project Foundation: Project Plan

Quikngruvn 16 Mar 2018 14:06

Generally, project plans don't make me squee!, but this one is an exception. Consider me on board this train.

Re: Project Foundation: Project Plan

spikebrennan 16 Mar 2018 20:32

Tuomey has my personal contact information. Get in touch with me directly so i can explain some legal basics.

Re: Project Foundation: Project Plan

WrongJohnSilver 26 Mar 2018 15:34

I approve of this proposal. My apologies for now responding sooner; I was out of the country on business. But yes, this is solid and I'm willing to assist with it.

Re: Project Foundation: Project Plan

LurkD 28 Mar 2018 21:07

Hi there. Great job on the outline, but I do have a quick thing to point out:

Any and all costs at this point are either to be defrayed on a volunteer basis (with the acknowledgement of no expectation of repayment), or considered non-viable if no one is willing to defray said costs.

This is detailed in Phase 3 but actual sustainable funding is not discussed until Phase 5. Would it not be a wise and prudent action to be discussing funding earlier before getting as far as Phase 5? Especially when we will likely need said funds before a proof of concept. I would like to propose the following items:

• Somewhere in Phase 2 under the requirements gathering, have an interdependent team whose sole function is the researching and resource gathering on a viable plan for gathering funding.
  • Appoint a treasurer/s as well who would also look into where and how to store said funds and maintain responsibility of such throughout the life of the project and possibly beyond.
  • Appoint a community auditor to ensure there is a viable plan to sustain transparency and budgeting model post-project.
• In Phase 3, have a working structure in place as something similar above to collect funds for a working concept just to get a feel for the responsibilities and distribution of funds for the project.
  • After Phase 3, have the auditor set up a reconciliation report on how funds were spent and handled during this time. If everything looks good, proceed with the model in place.

Obviously there are more things I am missing here, but these are items that I think would need to be addressed early on. Collecting funds for the site has always been an enormous topic for staff and is (if not more) just as big an undertaking as Project Foundation itself.

TL;DR - Funding needs its own team.